Sentence examples for in substantive terms from inspiring English sources

But, in substantive terms, what did Trump get in return?

In substantive terms, it's really hard to justify.

But, in substantive terms, what had he gotten back from Putin?

In substantive terms, however, Trump didn't give an inch, or even a millimetre.

But consider what Rubio has had to do, in substantive terms, to get even to this point.

I'm mostly just interested, as you can see, in the domestic politics aspects of this, because I just don't take it seriously in substantive terms.

Suppositio simplex is the acceptance of a term for the universal 'thing' it signifies, as in homo est species ('Man is a species', animal est genus ('Animal is a genus'), in which the substantive terms homo and animal stand for the universal man and animal, and not any one of their particulars.

Here Wolff defines perfection in both formal and substantive terms: formally, simply as the order or harmony of the parts in a whole; but substantively, as the suitability of that order or harmony of parts for achieving the aim that is intended for the whole, such as accurately telling time in the case of a clock.

The volume, edited by Jack Knight, brings together a range of perspectives - in both disciplinary and substantive terms - on representation, political morality, disagreement, negotiation, and various forms of compromise.

Namely, she defined the political center in relative terms rather than substantive terms.

First of all, this election really is — in substantive, policy terms — about the rich versus the rest.